Storm Prediction Center
Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks

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FNUS21 KWNS 200900
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0400 AM CDT TUE SEP 20 2005
VALID 201200Z - 211200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG UPPER RIDGE WILL EXIST OVER THE CENTRAL AND SRN
PLAINS...WITH ZONAL FLOW FARTHER N ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER. TO THE
WEST...A WEAK UPPER LOW WILL SLOWLY MOVE INTO CENTRAL
CA...INCREASING WINDS BUT ALSO RH LEVELS WITH RAIN.
...SWRN UT / SOUTH CENTRAL NV...
SWLY FLOW ALOFT AHEAD OF UPPER LOW WILL INCREASE MOISTURE ACROSS THE
REGION...ATOP A DRY SURFACE AIR MASS. ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS
WILL RESULT DURING THE AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH SIGNIFICANT CLOUD COVER
IN AREAS WILL LIMIT HEATING AND MIN RH VALUES. THREAT OF LIGHTNING
STRIKES WILL PERSIST AND THROUGH THE NIGHT BUT RH WILL RECOVER.
...WY / SERN ID / SRN MT...
FAST ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE AREA WILL ALLOW FOR SUSTAINED WLY WINDS
OF 15-20 MPH. RH WILL REMAIN LOW AND NEAR 15 PERCENT. MDT HAINES
WILL EXIST OVER MUCH OF THE AREA SUGGESTING ENHANCED FIRE THREAT
DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.
..JEWELL.. 09/20/2005
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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FNUS22 KWNS 200901
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0401 AM CDT TUE SEP 20 2005
VALID 211200Z - 221200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN CENTERED OVER THE SRN PLAINS...WITH ZONAL
FLOW ACROSS THE NRN HALF OF THE NATION. MEANWHILE...WEAK UPPER LOW
WILL MOVE EWD INTO THE GREAT BASIN AND WILL BRING RAIN AND
STORMS...MOST OF THEM WET. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE WITH THIS TROUGH
ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN AND INTO WY AND WRN CO...BUT RH LEVELS WILL
BE UP SIGNIFICANTLY.
A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALSO MOVE SWD INTO THE NRN
ROCKIES AND PLAINS...WITH LEADING EDGE TAKING THE FORM OF THE COLD
FRONT THAT WILL EXTEND FROM SRN MN INTO SRN WY WED AFTERNOON. COOL
TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR BEHIND THE FRONT WITH HOT TEMPERATURES TO
THE SOUTH.
..JEWELL.. 09/20/2005
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...